# cun
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English cunnen, connen, from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how (to)”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know”). Doublet of con.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʌn/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (Northern England, Ireland) IPA: /kʊn/
* Rhymes: -ʌn

#### Verb

cun (third-person singular simple present cuns, present participle cunning, simple past and past participle cunned)
* (obsolete) To know.

##### Related terms

* cunning

### Etymology 2

See conn, cond.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʌn/

#### Verb

cun (third-person singular simple present cuns, present participle cunning, simple past and past participle cunned)
* Alternative form of conn (“direct or steer a ship”)

### Etymology 3

From Chinese 寸 (cùn). Doublet of sun.

#### Alternative forms

* tsun

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tsuːn/

#### Noun

cun (plural cuns or cun)
* A traditional Chinese unit of length, originally the width of a person's thumb at the knuckle.

### Anagrams

* NUC, UNC, nuc, unc

## Asturian
### Preposition

cun
* (Western Asturias) Alternative form of con

## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cun (definite accusative cunu, plural cunlar)
* (Quba) thorn
    Synonym: tikan

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “cun” in Obastan.com.

## Dalmatian
### Alternative forms

* kun, cuon, kuon

### Etymology

From Latin canis, canem.

### Noun

cun m
* dog

## Fala
### Alternative forms

* con (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese con, from Latin cum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kun/
* Rhymes: -un
* Syllabification: cun

### Preposition

cun
* (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) with
    Antonym: sin

#### Usage notes

* The form con is more widely used in Valverdeñu.

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Friulian
### Alternative forms

* cu

### Etymology

From Latin cum.

### Preposition

cun
* with

## Galician
### Etymology

From contraction of preposition con (“with”) + masculine article un (“a”). Compare Portuguese cum.

### Contraction

cun m (feminine cunha, masculine plural cuns, feminine plural cunhas)
* with a, with one

### Further reading

* “cun, cunha”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Irish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʊn̪ˠ/, /kʊnˠ/

### Noun

cun m (genitive singular cun)
* stoutness, thickness

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
cun
vocative
a chun
genitive
cun
dative
cun
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an cun
genitive
an chun
dative
leis an gcun don chun :

#### Descendants

* → Yola: kun

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cun”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Istriot
### Alternative forms

* cu’ (apocopic)
* con

### Etymology

From Latin cum.

### Preposition

cun
* with
** 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.Dear, with that little white and red face.

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Latin cum.

### Preposition

cun
* (Gherdëina) with
* (Badia) Alternative form of con

## Leonese
### Etymology

From Latin cum (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).

### Preposition

cun
* with

#### Usage notes

When followed by an article, cun is combined with the next word to give the following combined forms:
* ‎cun + ‎el → ‎cul
* ‎cun + ‎la → ‎cuna
* ‎cun + ‎lu → ‎cunu
* ‎cun + ‎los → ‎cunos
* ‎cun + ‎las → ‎cunas

### References

* AEDLL

## Mandarin
### Romanization

cun
* Nonstandard spelling of cūn.
* Nonstandard spelling of cún.
* Nonstandard spelling of cǔn.
* Nonstandard spelling of cùn.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Middle English
### Noun

cun
* Alternative form of kyn

## Mirandese
### Etymology

From Latin cum.

### Preposition

cun
* with

## Sardinian
### Etymology

From Latin cum (“with”), from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). Compare Italian con, Portuguese com, Spanish con, Romanian cu, Sicilian cu. Compare also Nuorese chin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kun/
* IPA: [kund] (often before vowels)

### Preposition

cun
* (Logudorese, Campidanese) with

#### Derived terms

* cun d'

### References

* Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
* Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

## Sassarese
### Alternative forms

* cu' (apocopic)

### Etymology

From Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kun/

### Preposition

cun
* with

#### Derived terms

* cun meggu
* cun teggu

### References

* Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

## Somali
### Verb

cun
* eat